Urban v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of engaging in the business of bookmaking as denounced by Art. 652a, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years.

The pertinent parts of the statute are:

“Art. 652a. Bookmaking; definition; penalty”

“Section 1. Any person who takes or accepts or places for another a bet or wager of money or anything of value on a horse race, * * * shall be guilty of book making and upon conviction be punished by confinement in the State Penitentiary for any term of years not less…